** Changed in: dialog (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Taco Screen team (taco-screen-team) => (unassigned)
** Changed in: dialog (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: dialog (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1549300
Title:
dialog wrongly requires double backslashes (\\n, \\Z) for control
codes in option file
Status in dialog package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
== Comment: #0 - Liang Chang Guo <[email protected]> - 2015-09-11 18:44:18 ==
From Ubuntu 15.10 daily builds, the window-like tool "dialog" in Linux now
turns to look for double backslashes (like \\n, \\Z...) as control codes in
command option file, which causes incorrect display in format for programs
(like PMLinux) that get used to only feeding with single backslash (\n, \Z...).
This bug affects menu, form, and form etc. dialog boxes.
There is no such problem for other disros, even ubuntu 15.05 ...
*** Info of ubuntu/dialog that fail, and command/file to reproduce ***
root@ubt1510F:~# uname -a
Linux ubt1510F 4.2.0-7-generic #7-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 1 16:42:17 UTC 2015
ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
root@ubt1510F:~# dialog --version
Version: 1.2-20150528
root@ubt1510F:~# dialog --file PMLinux.menus
(see display effect in attachment)
root@ubt1510F:~# cat PMLinux.menus
--begin 2 2 --default-item "2) Disable" --ok-label " Select " --item-help
--help-button --no-cancel --colors --timeout 585
--title " Setup Performance Management " --backtitle "IBM PMLinux Main
Menus"
--menu " \Z4I\Znnternational \Z4B\Znusiness \Z4M\Znachines (\Zu\Z4IBM\Zn),
Copyright 2012-2015 \Z1(C)\Zn\n\n \Z0Move by
\Zb\Z4<Up/Down/Left/Right/Tab/[0-9]>\Zn or \Zb\Z4Mouse\Zn to desired
function/button\n Presss \Z1<Enter>\Zn to select, or \Z1<Esc>\Zn to exit.\n\n
\Zu\Z5ubt1510F\ZU\Zn STATUS: Collection \Z2ON\Zn, Transmission \Z2ON\Zn,
CustomerInfo \Z1NO\Zn\n \Z4Linux OS Version\Z0: Ubuntu Wily Werewolf
(development branch)" 25 81 11
"1)*Enable" "\Z2Data Transmission" "To correct & reset
parameters to enable PMLinux Data Collection & Transmission"
"2) Disable" "Data Transmission" "To disable PMLinux Data
Collection & Transmission. Proceed with Caution !!!"
"3) Retransmit" "Recorded Data" "To package historical
data files of one or all day(s) into PMstats.send for manual transmission"
"4)*Change/Show" "\Z1Customer Information" "To fill out contact info,
so that IBM PMLinux team can create a login user for your web reports"
"5) Change/Show" "Data Retention Period" "To setup the period
length (days) for PMLinux to keep the data files"
"6) Change/Show" "Trending Days and Shift Times" "To setup your weekly
working days & shift times for PMLinux reports"
"7) Change/Show" "System Parameters (Advanced)" "To setup some system
configurations"
"8) Change/Show" "KVM Guest Collection Settings" "To setup KVM Guest info
and querying utilization data intervals"
"9) ReadMe" "Guide/References/License" "To browse PMLinux
manual/license text documents"
"0) Exit" "Quit" "To end this window-style
PMLinux configuration tool"
*** Info of ubuntu/dialog that pass ***
[root@kvmhost ~]# uname -a
Linux kvmhost 3.18.17-349.el7_1.pkvm3_1_0.3103.1.daily.donotship.ppc64le #1
SMP Thu Sep 10 07:17:08 CDT 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
[root@kvmhost ~]# dialog --version
Version: 1.2-20130523
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